FF:AJ14061 British Short Story in 20th C. - Course Information

AJ14061 Aspects of the Twentieth Century British Short Story

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.

Timetable

Wed 11:40–13:15 G32

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ09999 Qualifying Examination

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives (in Czech)

The course will look at a selection of short stories, focusing mainly on writers from the earlier part of the twentieth century and contemporary authors. Among those work will be included are Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Pat Barker, Angela Carter,Alisdair Gray, Agnes Owen, John McGahern, Edna O'Brien, Bernard Maclaverty, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Graham Swift, Hanif Kureishi and John Berger.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• Week 1 Introductory Week 2 Oscar Wilde:The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime/ Thomas Hardy: An Imaginative Woman Week 3 Henry James: The Beast in the Jungle Week 4 D.H.Lawrence: Tickets Please, England My England, The Man Who Rode Away/ Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party Week 5 James Joyce: Araby, Eveline, A Painful Case/ Samuel Beckett: Dante and the Lobster Week 6 Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber,A Souvenir of Japan, Flesh and the Mirror Week 7 Pat Barker: Kelly Brown Week 8 John Berger:Pig Earth - Intro.,A Question of Place,The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol Week 9 William Trevor: The Ballroom of Romance;Bernard MacLaverty: Between Two Shores; John McGahern: High Ground; Joseph Connor: Mothers Were All The Same; Mary Lavin: Happiness; Edna O'Brien: What A Sky; Sara Berkeley: The Sky's Gone Out Week 10 James Kelman: Busted Scotch etc; Agnes Owens:Arabella, Bus Queue etc; Alisdair Gray: A report to the Trustees etc Mackay Brown Week 11 Dylan Thomas: Quite Early One Morning; A Child's Christmas In Wales: Four Lost Souls Emyr Humphreys:Mel's Secret Love Week 12 Hanif Kureishi: In A Blue Time; With Your Tongue Dowm My Throat; My Son the Fanatic Week 13 Ian McEwan: In Between the Sheets; First Love, Last Rites; Graham Swift: Martin Amis:

Literature

• Barker, Pat Union Street London Virago 1982
• Wilde, Oscar Complete Short Fiction London Penguin 1994
• Kureishi, Hanif Love In A Blue Time London Faber and Faber 1997
• Joyce, James Dubliners London Penguin 1992
• Beckett, Samuel More Pricks Than Kicks London John Calder 1993
• Lawrence, D.H. Selected Short Stories London Penguin 1982
• McEwan, Ian In Between The Sheets London Picador 1979
• Carter, Angela The Bloody Chamber London Penguin 1981
• Kelman J, Owens A, Gray, A Lean Tales London Vintage 1995
• Carter, Angela Fireworks London Virago 1988
• Kelman, James No, Not While The Giro London Minerva 1989
• McEwan, Ian First Love, Last Rites London Picador 1976
• Hardy, Thomas Life's Little Ironies Oxford Oxford University Press 1996

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Credit requirements: Class contribution (30%); Elf contributions ( 6 of 100-200 words)(30%); essay (5-8 pages)(40%). No essay required for zapocet, but please inform by e-mail at the end of term, if you only want zapocet.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.

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